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"My grandmother had died when her children were very young and thus they grew up with their grandfather, Hafi Khan. Dilawar Khan Pathan, Balaknath's nephew, said that the roots of his transformation can be found in Bapu's upbringing. After witnessing the mahant's activities, young Gul got attracted towards him and the sect, and decided to take diksha. He came across Mahant Balaknath at the age of 18 years. The family, associated with farming and labour activities, first settled in Dehvasan village and later shifted to nearby Vadgam in Banaskantha district. Gulabnath Bapu was born in a Muslim family that traces its roots to Jhalod. He will not tolerate anything against tradition," said Sankarnath. He is energetic, has new ideas and is a just person. Mahant Sankarnath has high hopes about the UP CM.
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It is not just about the Nath sampradaya connection as there are other places in Gujarat with presence of the sampradaya, but he feels connected to this place," Sankarnath added. "Yogi used to phone regularly to get updates on Bapu's health. Aditya Nath visits the math at Visnagar at least 2-3 times annually, said Shankarnath, adding that any Gujarat visit by the yogi starts from Visnagar. When he went there last year, Aditya Nath had him felicitated by PM Narendra Modi," said Shankarnath. "Bapu was invited to Gorakhpur for every major event. "Bapu also considered Avaidyanath his guru and thus he considered Aditya Nath as his gurubhai," Sankarnath said. His association with Mahant Avaidyanath of Gorakhpur math and guru of Aditya Nath Yogi was very old due to the dynamics of Nath sampradaya." said Sankarnath, the newly appointed mahant of the Visnagar math. "Bapu was the sixth generation in guru-shishya lineage.
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Gulabnath had taken diksha at the age of 18 from Mahant Balaknath at Vadgam.
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The math runs temples and annakshetra (place providing free meals) in Visnagar and Vadgam. Their relation was so strong that when Gulabnath, 86, breathed his last, Aditya Nath came to Visnagar, Gujarat, to perform his last rites on December 6, 2016, and he also appointed the new mahant of the math, Sankarnath. Mahant Avaidyanath, the guru of Aditya Nath, was also the guru of Gulabnath Bapu.
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The erstwhile mahant of a math (ashram) of Nath sampradaya in Visnagar, Mahant Gulabnath Bapu, who was born as a Muslim with the name Gul Mohammad Pathan, was the 'gurubhai' of today's UP CM, considered a Hindu hardliner. AHMEDABAD: Aditya Nath Yogi, recently appointed chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, has a close Gujarat connection apart from his ties with PM Narendra Modi.